Forking

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fork \Fork\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Forked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Forking}.]
     1. To shoot into blades, as corn.
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              The corn beginneth to fork.           --Mortimer.


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     2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree,
        or a stream forks.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forking
       n 1: the place where something divides into branches [syn: {furcation}]
       2: the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: {branching},
           {ramification}, {fork}]